| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts | GD | Home | Away | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||
| 1 | Rotherham United | 21 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 18 | |||
| 2 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | Hull City | 21 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | |||
| 4 | Gateshead | 20 | 38 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | |||
| 5 | Oldham Athletic | 20 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 6 | Lincoln City | 20 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | |||
| 7 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | Carlisle United | 21 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 19 | |||
| 9 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 26 | ||||
| 11 | 20 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 21 | ||||
| 12 | Wrexham | 20 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 27 | |||
| 13 | Port Vale | 21 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | |||
| 14 | Bradford City | 20 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 26 | ||||
| 16 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 21 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 20 | |||
| 18 | Halifax Town | 20 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |||
| 19 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| 20 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | Hartlepools United | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 41 | |||
| 22 | Barrow | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 31 | |||